It'd be wasted on you, as my previous insights have been. But yeah, evolution doesn't exist, genetics don't exist, whatever helps you sleep at night buddy.
There's nothing different between me and LeBron James, I'm just not trying hard enough to dunk 😅. If only I made the choice to dunk the basketball, independently of the fact that my ancestors are not particularly tall. But my ancestors are irrelevant, as you've clearly asserted.
That was a really pretty goal. Lukaku jumped out of the way and opened up a tiny window for it to squeeze through
The US is really big, but the Northeast megapolis is a bit of a nightmare when it comes to driving etiquette.
Hm, that makes sense. My mistake. Doesn't change my actual point but thanks for the info. Substitute passing lane for left lane and that's what I meant.
I'll get back to you on that. Seriously, I just don't have time rn but I'll edit this when I have a chance within the next 24 hrs. The second half of your question is particularly difficult to answer.
Ok I just accidentally wiped my entire edit before saving. Fuck that, I'm not writing all that again. God damn it that was such a good response too. Sorry.
I don't believe that anyone truly acts independently. We are all products of our environment, of which our ancestors comprise a significant portion. I don't believe in free will.
Your contention regarding inventions is wrong, but irrelevant anyway. I understand that it's nearly impossible to discuss this topic objectively without allowing your personal emotions to bleed into it, so I'll just leave it at that. I've already made my points but you don't seem to understand at all.
significant portions of a population dying during or prior to fertility is the only way that natural selection works. That or the existence of bachelor herds that lead to a very slim minority being the only ones to breed.
And I don't understand evolution? Wow. I think it's possible you may be suffering from a severe case of the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Shout out to XGen Studios, who made Motherload along with Stick RPG, Stick Arena, Defend your Castle, etc.
The era of flash games will remain forever goated in my eyes. Nostalgia tinted glasses but I refuse to take them off. This game is also a core memory. I feel bad for kids nowadays, these games were so much fun and 100% free and playable on any computer.
There’s nothing different or more special about one person’s progeny than another
How do you figure that? Are you familiar with the theory of evolution? How do you think we got to the point where I'm communicating to you through a global communication network? Dumb luck?
We are as important to future generations as past generations are to us. If previous human beings hadn't done everything they did, we wouldn't be here now. Likewise, everything that we do in the present has a rippling effect for the rest of human history. Having kids allows you to have a little more direct input on what kind of ripples you leave behind.
The passing lane* is for passing.
I actually like it better that way because it emphasizes how obvious it is. When I visited the UK and rented a car, I actually found that drivers were far more courteous and self-aware compared to the US.
Why wouldn't it matter? If your family doesn't matter to you, what does?
'ooh those 12 people have something to do with me if you go back far enough"
It's not about that, it's that those 12 people won't ever exist if I never have any kids. They have everything to do with me, because without me, they wouldn't be alive. And I also think the world will be a better place if they do exist.
It's not our genes that he cares about. It's his genes.
For me personally, I feel that I am inherently good, humanity is inherently good, and I just want to pass the torch to the next generation and see how far they can carry it. We're currently in a bit of a slump as a species, but I believe that everything will turn out alright in the end and I'd like for my descendants to be around to enjoy and indeed contribute to it.
Cute animation of SCP-999, seemed appropriate for this community.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13087351
Threads will be implementing federation in the near future and many instances have been discussing whether they should be pre-emptively defederated to protect the fediverse. See below for our local discussion thread, which will remain active until this vote is complete.
Given that this is a time-sensitive issue and it's the holiday season, we decided to initiate the vote a few days early to make sure everyone gets a chance to vote. The vote will be tallied on Friday, December 29th.
https://sh.itjust.works/post/11011288
Only sh.itjust.works accounts may cast a vote
Vote by commenting either yes/aye/oui or nay/no/non
Any further discussion should be posted in the thread linked above
Additional Context/Discussions
41% of instances have blocked Threads
Extensive discussion at [email protected]
For the hard of hearing
In favor (aye/oui/yes) : 200 votes
Against (nay/non/no) : 55 votes
Sh.itjust.works has voted in favor of preemptively defederating Threads.
Thank you for your participation, and happy holidays to everyone!
I didn't want to make an announcement about this but since there seems to be some confusion (to say the least), I feel that I must.
You have almost certainly started seeing posts and comments from hexbear.net users in the past day or so. Long story short, when hexbear originally federated into Lemmy a few weeks ago, they left SJW off the list of instances they wanted to federate. A few days ago, hexbear users had a vote where they agreed to add SJW to their list of federated instances.
Myself and TheDude were informed of this vote by the hexbear admins while it was in progress. We agreed that if hexbear voted in the affirmative, we would be amenable to federation and seeing how it turns out. Now, here we are.
Hexbear is a Lemmy server that was created about 3 years ago as a new home for the former users of r/chapotraphouse. CTH was banned from reddit because they were openly calling for the deaths of slave owners, which reddit considered hate speech 🙄
Hexbear is composed of leftists of all shapes and sizes, and they also have a special sensitivity to the struggles of marginalized groups, including but not limited to LGBTQ folk, the disabled, and gingers.
Some things to know about hexbear: they removed downvotes from their platform. Therefore, they tend to make a lot of comments, because the only way to respond to something you disagree with is by commenting. This can give the impression of being brigaded, but that's not necessarily the case. Also, their custom emojis are displayed very large on other instances. This is a technical issue that will eventually be fixed.
Of the major instances, Lemmy.world, lemmy.ca, feddit.de, and beehaw.org have defederated hexbear.
SJW, Lemm.ee, and lemmy.ml are still federated with hexbear.
I hope we can all get along, but obviously that's not going to be the case. I recommend that users from either server make use of the block function as necessary. More importantly, don't intentionally go to communities on the other server and attempt to antagonize them because you have a differing political stance. Some political debate is well and good, but there is a time and a place, and if you're not sure, it's probably best to keep it on your own server.
We will be banning hexbears liberally if they come in here trying to start shit, and their admins will do the same regarding our users. Pun intended.
Bottom line: we will not be defederating from hexbear in the immediate future. I personally believe they are a valuable asset to this platform, and I urge you all to give them a chance to contribute positively. If you find them annoying, just block them and/or report them; they are subject to the same rules of conduct as everyone else.
Please direct any comments and concerns to this thread, or to the Agora.
Welcome, this vote will determine which image we use for our banner image for sh.itjust.works. The discussion thread is in the Agora, and was also cross-posted to ImageAI
Fantastic work on the banners sh.itheads, I think we've got several excellent choices here. I've reposted the candidates below, with credits to the users who submitted them. I culled some submissions at my own discretion.
Each candidate is labeled with a number. In order to vote, simply comment on this post with the number of your preferred banner. You only get one vote.
Number 1 - @[email protected]
Number 2 - @[email protected]
Number 3 - @[email protected]
Number 4 - @[email protected]
Number 5 - @[email protected]
Number 6 - @[email protected]
Number 7 - @[email protected]
Number 8 - @[email protected]
Number 9 - @[email protected]
Number 10 - @[email protected]
Number 11 - @[email protected]
Number 12 - @[email protected]
You may also specify a few honorable mentions in your comment if you so choose, as a way to acknowledge the artists' work.
The vote will run until next Friday.
1. Banner 8 by @[email protected]: 91 votes
2. Banner 11 by @[email protected]: 49 votes
3. Banner 6 by @[email protected]: 24 votes
4. Banner 7 by @[email protected]: 20 votes
5. Banner 3 by @[email protected]: 19 votes
Reddit has decided to run another edition of r/place in mid July for some unimaginable reason.
https://sh.itjust.works/post/1387534
It seems to me that it would be stupid to not at least attempt to advertise for Lemmy given the perfect opportunity. Many have expressed concerns about giving reddit more traffic, but a few thousand users is less than a rounding error to reddit. However, getting a few thousand more redditors to move to Lemmy would be great for us.
Hopefully I can get a few sh.itheads to help in this noble endeavor. If not, at least I tried.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1462284
My favourite, to be honest
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/1022097
Don't mean to get in the middle of the Dieselpunk challenge but I figured the people here might want to take a shot at creating a banner as well. I'm going to leave that thread open for at least a week so you guys should have time.
I will try to scan both threads to get all of the candidates before we vote, but the Agora thread is the official discussion, this was just cross-posted for awareness.
The two obvious themes in my mind are gears/some sort of complex machine, or computer hardware/circuits.
As an avid Lain Iwakura enjoyer, I added that screenshot because it's awesome and I think it'd be an extremely cool banner, but there are probably much cleaner designs out there that would be more welcoming to new users. I'm sure you guys will be able to come up with some in short order.
You can look on lemmyverse.net to get a quick overview of some other instance banners.
I really don’t know how the formatting and proportions are supposed to work but I will edit that in as soon as someone clarifies.
Lemmy.world looks like this
This discussion run for at least a week, and then we can take the most upvoted submissions in this thread and put them up for an official vote.
Hungary and Poland have always shared a special connection, but this isn't how it was supposed to go 😅
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary%E2%80%93Poland_relations